Assault against Prison Officers

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 6 January 2015.

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Photo of Helen Jones Helen Jones Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 11:30, 6 January 2015

The officers at HMP Risley in my Constituency are concerned about the increasing violence in prisons, but other public sector workers, such as hospital and ambulance workers, are also on the front line. Will the Attorney-General ensure that the CPS takes a stand on those cases and prosecutes them rigorously, and will he discuss with his colleagues in government the need to introduce a particular offence, carrying an exemplary sentence, of assaulting a public sector worker in the course of their duties?

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